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T. BRODERICK. THILL Lila.

No 290.523. Patented Dec. 18, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @raics.

THOMAS BRODERIGK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

THlLL-LUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 290,523, dated December 18, 1883.

Application filed June 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS BRODERIOK, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thill-Lugs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of the lug alone. Fig. 2 is a side view of the lug, buckle, and loop. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the lug alone. Fig. i is an edge view of the lug, buckle, and loop. Fig. 5 is a sectional view'of the complete lug, ready for use. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a modification.

This invention relates to the form and construction of that part of harness known as thill-lugs, the object being to make a metallic thill-lug which can be cheaply produced and readily adapted to its position on the saddlestrap and connected to the girth.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

It is desirable that the thill-lugs can be produced either fancy or plain. The fancy or ornamented lug generally has a japannedbody and a polished brass or other ornamented buckle, and therefore provision should exist for such form.

I will first describe the latter style. The lug proper consists of asingle oviform loop or bight, A, preferably of malleable iron, with its inner surface rounded to prevent injuring the thills. It is formed at its upper end with the cross-bar b, as shown, the spur c on its side, and the projection (1 lower down on the same side. The buckle-bow e, its cross-barf, and saddle-strap loop or box g are all cast in one piece, (see Figs. 4 and 5,) and the tongue it applied in the ordinary manner to bar f. In one with the combined buckle-bow e and loop g are also cast the plate having notch I; at its upper edge, and the guard Z. Projection d on the lug A is made overhanging,

as shown. The combined buckle and loop of g has the transverse seat or groove m, and below'this is open, to permit the insertion of the cross-bar b of lug A, which, after insertion, is turned into proper position. The projection d is first caused to pass into notch k, thereby securing the plate i, and with it the remainder of the casting at that end, while the upper end is secured by the cross-bar b being laid in groove on, and locked against displacement by the setting of the buckletongue 12, which is then done. This mode of fitting secures all parts firmly without a rivet, screw, or other expensive mode of connection, requires no machine-work, and enables the whole lug to be produced very cheaply.

The lug A may be a japanned iron casting, and the buckle and loop of burnished or ornamental brass or bronze.

The girth-strap a is punched to slip over the spur c on lug A, and its free end passes through the loop 9, over plate 7;, and between guard Z and the lug A, being still further socured by the end of the saddle-strap when the latter has passed through the buckle and strap-loop.

For a plain lug, I cast in one piece the lug A, buckle-bow e, cross-bar f, and strap-loop g, as shown at Fig. 6, the body of the lug A under the loop g being left out for convenience of casting. The girth-strap spur c and guard Z will remain as before. This is an exceedingly cheap form of thill-1ug, and for ordinary draft purposes is thoroughly effioient.

I claim as my invention 1. In a metallic thill-lug, the buckle-bow,

cross-bar, strap-loop, and girth-strap guard in one-integral casting, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a thill-lug, of the lug A, having crossbar b and projection d, with the buckle-bow e, cross-barf, and straploop 9 cast in one piece, and having groove m, and notched plate '5, and tongue 71, substantially as described.

3. The thill-lug A, having spur c and guard Z, adapting it to receive and retain the perforated end of a girth-strap, substantially as described.

4. A metallic thill-lug consisting of the lug, buck1e-bow, and cross-bar, and strap-loop, and devices, substantially as described, for securing a girth-strap thereto, all cast in one integral piece, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I havehereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- THOMAS BRODERICK.

Witnesses:

T. J. PATTERSON, T. J. MOTIGHE. 

